Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 630: Filming officially begins, starting with the submarine

Anyway, the communication problem has been solved.

In Director Cohen's opinion, although there are still many inconveniences in the transmission of information, it is barely tolerable.

At that time, we only need to put a few submersibles equipped with deep-sea cameras underwater and organize multi-camera shooting to achieve the shooting goal.

Director Cohen finally understood why military ships had to be used for filming. This was because civilian ships could not obtain the decoding and translation rights of official communication channels. This part of the work could not be handed over to civilian ships, right?
"The Virginia has already deployed a buoy communicator. Now we just have to wait for the Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine to arrive. The surface filming ship will notify us, and we can start filming," Meng Tao explained.

"I hope it can go quickly, so that we can finish filming and go home early. I'm almost suffocating underwater." Depp complained.

"It's almost done. After finishing this scene, all the thrilling action scenes of "King of Spy" will be completed. All that's left is to reshoot the plot. Maybe we can still release it in July." Director Cohen said.

"Huh? Not released in December during the Christmas season?" Depp asked.

Under normal circumstances, the best time for North American movies is the Christmas season.

It is somewhat similar to the Spring Festival period in China. Often the box office champion of the year is born during the Spring Festival period.

Director Cohen shook his head and said, "Other films need external forces like the Christmas season to achieve a rising tide effect. But for Lin Yuan, the decisive factor is created by himself.

Now is the time when "Lord of Spy Vs. King ...

If it is forced to be released during the Christmas season, the film may lose popularity and end up with lower-than-expected box office performance.”

Depp was secretly shocked when he heard what director Cohen said.

Other film companies are scrambling to get the Christmas schedule, but Lin Yuan's film has no intention of taking advantage of this popularity.

Depp knew that what Director Cohen said was right. Since the filming of "Lord of the Rings 2" began, there have been constant news and hot events about Lin Yuan.

First, there was the Canadian fire scene. Lin Yuan's injury triggered the highest-rated and most globally watched press conference in history, which immediately made the popularity of this movie soar.

Immediately afterwards, a series of assassination incidents occurred to Lin Yuan, including the Oscar backstabbing incident and the Kalonos Cave rescue incident.

It can be said that since the beginning of this year, Lin Yuan has been appearing frequently in news headlines, and his popularity has continued to increase.

The most important thing is to take advantage of this popularity and release "Lord of Spy Wars 2" as soon as possible.

Therefore, the goal of the entire crew is highly consistent, which is to work hard and complete the filming task as quickly as possible.

At this moment, the sound of the restaurant door being pushed open was heard.

Lieutenant Commander Louis walked in. "Mr. Lin Yuan, we've received a message from the filming ship. The Wyoming has arrived at the designated location. Filming can begin."

"The Wyoming?" Depp asked.

"It's the Ohio-class nuclear submarine that cooperated with us in the filming." Lieutenant Commander Louis explained.

Strategic nuclear submarines require a high degree of confidentiality. Which submarine is in port, which is out of port carrying out combat readiness patrol missions, and where they are are all extremely confidential.

Therefore, Lin Yuan and others did not know which strategic nuclear submarine would cooperate with this filming before.

After hearing that it was the Wyoming, Lin Yuan and Meng Tao were secretly surprised.

Those who have done their homework know that the USS Wyoming, numbered SSBN-742, was launched in 1995 and entered service in 1996. It has only been in service for 8 years and can be said to be a relatively new Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine.

Originally, Lin Yuan thought that it was quite good to have an old Ohio-class ship to cooperate with the filming.

For example, the oldest Ohio-class ship, the Henry Jackson, numbered SSBN-730, was commissioned in 1984, which is 20 years ago.

After years of service, this type of old boat has many old problems and requires a lot of maintenance. Its airworthiness period is also relatively short. Using the old boat for filming will not affect the strategic cruise mission too much.

But unexpectedly, the one sent out was the Wyoming!
This is one of the two newest of the 14 Ohio-class strategic missile nuclear submarines, and can definitely be said to be the main force among the main forces.

Lin Yuan: (1`1;)
Although it is beneficial for me to do this, is it really a good idea?
To give an inappropriate example, if the Russians attacked our homeland at this time, the loss of one of the latest strategic nuclear submarines might be a fatal loophole and mistake.

Lin Yuan, who has the experience of later generations, knows that the Wyoming is not only the newest strategic missile nuclear submarine of the US Navy now, but it will still be so 20 years later!
Who could have imagined at that time that the military manufacturing capabilities of later generations would become so poor.

The successor model of the Ohio-class nuclear submarine, the Columbia-class, has also encountered many setbacks along the way. It is expected that the construction of the first submarine will be completed in 2028, the first submarine will be put into service in 2031, and the construction of all 2039 submarines will be completed in 12. This time node is completely like a pie in the sky.

Therefore, whether now or in the future, the Wyoming is the newest and most advanced strategic missile nuclear submarine of the US Navy, representing the highest level of strategic nuclear submarines in the world.

"Once you are ready, we can start filming immediately," said Lieutenant Colonel Louis.

Director Cohen stood up from his chair. "We're ready and waiting. Let's go now."

When he heard that he could start filming, Lieutenant Colonel Louis became nervous.

He straightened his neatly-cut navy officer's uniform and asked, "Am I dressed properly?"

It was obvious that Lieutenant Colonel Louis wore this uniform on purpose, otherwise he would wear something more casual and comfortable when performing underwater missions.

Because during today's filming, he will play the role of a submarine captain.

This is an appearance in Lin Yuan's movie. How many movie fans around the world will see it?

How could Lieutenant Colonel Louis not take this seriously?

Seeing Commander Louis looking a little nervous, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Captain, you are very handsome and brave, don't worry."

"That's good! When I think about how I will look like and be seen by billions of fans around the world, I worry that I won't do well enough," said Lieutenant Colonel Louis.

"Don't worry, even if there are any problems, we can reshoot or cut some shots." Director Cohen also said with a smile.

Hearing them say this, Lieutenant Colonel Louis was completely relieved: "Then let's go."

"Ah."

Lin Yuan and others followed Lieutenant Commander Louis to the torpedo launch room at the front of the Virginia.

We had visited here once before with Lieutenant Colonel Louis, so it was no stranger to us all when we came here again.

At this time, in the torpedo compartment, several submarine sailors were installing a huge torpedo on the hydraulic conveyor belt.

This is a torpedo with the explosive fuse removed. It will be fired from the torpedo tube in a moment. Lin Yuan will hold the torpedo and head straight for the Wyoming.

Although the accuracy is quite high due to fiber optic guidance, it is impossible for this torpedo to be truly lethal since it is launched towards the Wyoming.

Otherwise, if the Wyoming was sunk, all the officers and soldiers on the Virginia would be brought to a military court, and even Lin Yuan and others would be severely punished.

"Clang."

Lieutenant Commander Louis walked forward and opened the torpedo launcher himself. He used the portable flashlight in his hand to carefully examine the key parts of the launcher:

Buckle, water inlet channel, high-pressure gas valve...

He personally checked every detail.

"Why is Lieutenant Colonel Louis checking so carefully?" Depp asked in a low voice.

"To ensure that the torpedo can be launched safely. Otherwise, if it gets stuck in the launch tube, then..." Meng Tao didn't say anything else.

Meng Tao believed in metaphysics very much and felt that it was very unlucky to say it out loud at this time.

"What will happen?" Depp asked relentlessly.

"I'll tell you when we're safely ashore," said Meng Tao.

Lin Yuan, who was standing aside, greatly appreciated Lieutenant Colonel Louis's caution.

A torpedo weighing more than 1 ton or even 2 tons is a big thing.

Although the explosive fuse has been removed, the charge inside the torpedo cannot be emptied. In special circumstances, it may still get stuck in the launch tube and cause an explosion.

In a submarine, one can never be too cautious, because this is a lesson learned from blood.

Just a few years ago, on August 2000, 8, a Kursk nuclear submarine of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet exploded and sank while participating in military exercises in the Barents Sea.

All 107 crew members on the submarine, 11 senior fleet officers and assistants, a total of 118 people, were killed.

This can be said to be the most serious submarine accident in human history in recent decades. You must know that the Kursk is a nuclear submarine, and it is the largest attack nuclear submarine in history.

According to the rough and violent aesthetics of the Russians, there is only bigger, not the greatest, which is their consistent style.

This makes the Kursk a super behemoth with an underwater displacement of nearly 24000 tons.

Among nuclear submarines, the displacement of general strategic missile nuclear submarines is far greater than that of attack nuclear submarines.

Because the vertical launch tubes of strategic missile nuclear submarines need to be able to accommodate large, thick and long intercontinental ballistic missiles. At the same time, strategic nuclear submarines, as lone wolves, perform missions alone underwater for a long time, which requires them to be larger in size.

However, the Kursk, an attack nuclear submarine, has an underwater displacement of 24000 tons, exceeding the 18750 tons of the US Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine and far exceeding the 8000-ton displacement of the Virginia.

Therefore, the sinking of the Kursk attracted widespread attention around the world. After all, a giant 24000-ton nuclear submarine was sunk.

The cause of the explosion was investigated afterwards and the course of events was reconstructed.

The Kursk was preparing to fire a practice torpedo at the Peter the Great.

When the launcher was operating the torpedo launch, hydrogen peroxide leaked from the torpedo seeped into the launch tube and gathered into a pool.

When a torpedo operator opened the launch tube to clean the circuit connections, the hydrogen peroxide liquid came into contact with a small piece of rust, causing its volume to instantly increase 5 times.

The enormous pressure shattered the torpedo hull and caused the kerosene tank to rupture.

The high-temperature steam ignited the kerosene, and the released oxygen fueled the kerosene fire. The torpedo compartment became a sea of ​​fire, and eventually 21 torpedoes exploded, directly blowing the bow of the boat to pieces.

There is no need to say more about what happened next.

This accident was caused on the one hand by the leakage of hydrogen peroxide from the torpedo, and on the other hand by problems with the rust removal and circuit maintenance of the torpedo tube.

If any mistake had been avoided, the tragedy would not have happened.

As a captain, Lieutenant Colonel Louis could have handed over this inspection work to his subordinates.

However, he always insisted on personally checking the entire launch process before each firing of weapons and ammunition.

This wasn't because he was pretending to be so because he was participating in the filming of a movie today, but because he had personally participated in every firing of weapons and ammunition over the years.

After completing the inspection, Lieutenant Commander Louis closed the torpedo tube with satisfaction.

"No problem, we can start shooting anytime." Lieutenant Colonel Louis said with a smile.

"That's good!"

Director Cohen also checked the two camera positions arranged in the torpedo launch compartment.

After ensuring that there were no problems, Director Cohen, Depp, and Commander Lewis returned to the submarine command post. Their filming location was in the command cabin, and they also needed to receive information from the filming ship through the command cabin.

So only the torpedo launcher and Lin Yuan and Meng Tao were left in the torpedo compartment.

Lin Yuan has already changed into his diving suit and started warming up, waiting for the filming to begin.

Meng Tao patted his shoulder and said, "If you encounter any danger, don't be stubborn."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "This kind of bloody shoot is not the first time I've done it. I know what I'm doing."

So Meng Tao walked aside, said no more, and waited quietly for the filming to begin.

At this time, Director Meng Tao's voice came from the torpedo room broadcast:
"Lin Yuan, all departments are ready for filming. Are you ready?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "No problem, I'm ready to start filming anytime."

"Okay, 10 seconds to shoot."

"10!"

"9!"

"8!"

……

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Action!"

With director Cohen's order, the filming officially began.

The camera now turns to Depp in the command cabin.

In the "King of Spy" series of films, Depp has always been positioned as a technician who has no fighting ability but is indispensable and funny.

Depp said, "Lin Yuan, you are a crazy guy. If you survive today, you can write a memoir about holding a torpedo when you are old."

"What I'm afraid of is not that I can't hold the torpedo, but that you can't open the torpedo compartment of the Wyoming. Then I will be trapped to death underwater." Lin Yuan said.

"You can doubt my character, but you can never doubt my skills!" Depp screamed.

"I'm sorry, I have to doubt it. Last time you almost opened the door of the military transport plane and let me fly in the wind." Lin Yuan complained.

"That won't happen this time! My skills have been improved again. I can easily take down the torpedo tube of the tiny Wyoming," said Depp.

"Although I don't quite believe you, I have to do this now. We can't let them really launch a nuclear bomb and cause a world nuclear war, right?" Lin Yuan walked to the torpedo tube.

"Mr. Lin Yuan, we will do our best to cooperate with you. Wish you good luck." Lieutenant Colonel Louis said.

"Thank you, Captain." Lin Yuan replied with a smile.

After saying that, he decisively pulled open the No. 2 torpedo tube.

The black torpedo tube with a diameter of less than 60 cm appeared in front of Lin Yuan.

It was pitch black inside, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Coupled with the narrow environment, it felt like a monster's esophagus, which was chilling.

Lin Yuan took a deep breath, turned on the diving light tied to his head, and then quickly got into the torpedo tube.

"Bang!"

As Lin Yuan crawled in, the hatch at the rear closed, meaning there was no turning back.

The torpedo tube is indeed quite narrow, and the metal grooves on the tube wall are quite uncomfortable to handle, but this does not pose a problem for Lin Yuan.

With his experience in the Kalonos Cave, he was already familiar with this cramped environment. He crawled forward nimbly using his hands and feet.

Soon we arrived at the front end of the launch tube.

At this moment, the sound of water splashing came from above his head.

Icy seawater began to pour into the torpedo tubes.

That familiar feeling of freezing swept over my body again.

Cold and painful!

It even hurt so much that I could hardly breathe!

Obviously, the sea water this time was more unbearable than the previous escape capsule.

When Lin Yuan was doing adaptive training in the escape pod, he was standing, so the sea water started from his feet and gradually spread to his chest and head, which gave Lin Yuan space to gradually adapt.

But today he was lying in the torpedo tube, and when the seawater rushed into the tube, it directly covered his entire body from chest to feet.

This method of not giving any buffer and instantly raising the difficulty to the maximum made Lin Yuan feel unprecedented discomfort.

He felt as if the lower half of his body no longer belonged to him.

Lin Yuan felt like he was naked, standing in the snow and facing the cold wind. His whole body was cold and painful, and he couldn't help but shiver.

If someone else were in Lin Yuan's position, they would probably have panicked by now.

But Lin Yuan knew that this pain was only temporary. Although he suffered a setback at the beginning today, the upper limit of intensity did not exceed before. The reason why he was not used to it was simply because the intensity was directly increased to the maximum without a gradual process.

After a while, as he gets used to the cold sea water, this feeling will gradually subside.

"Splash, splash!" The water level continued to rise.

"Click, click!" Lin Yuan's teeth kept chattering and knocking against each other.

It's really miserable. I can't even grit my teeth.

Soon the water level rose above Lin Yuan's head, and the entire torpedo compartment was filled with seawater.

Lin Yuan held his breath, waiting for the next step to come.

Having done several adaptive trainings, he certainly knew that the next step was to open the external connecting valve so that the water pressure inside the launch tube would be the same as outside.

Sure enough, the next moment, huge water pressure came.

Although he had prepared himself mentally, Lin Yuan still felt like Monkey King under the Five Elements Mountain, and was instantly suffocated.

"Cuckoo~"

The sound of the eardrums under the action of water pressure is disturbing.

It’s not that Lin Yuan is being pretentious, but this “cooing” sound is accompanied by the beating of the eardrum.

You will feel like there is a huge aorta in your ear that is constantly expanding and may burst at any time, causing heavy bleeding.

Although Lin Yuan knew that this was not true and was just an illusion, it was undeniable that the feeling was too real and therefore put a lot of psychological pressure on people.

You'll be constantly worrying about your head, afraid that it will suddenly explode like a balloon, and that feeling is really terrible.

Lin Yuan does not approve of the Bajau people in the Philippines voluntarily piercing their eardrums, but he can understand why they do so.

He could only tolerate it occasionally, but if it happened every day, he would probably choose to suffer a short pain rather than a long one and just pierce his eardrum.

Whether it is the freezing cold sea water or the discomfort caused by the huge water pressure, you can only endure it.

Lin Yuan knew that these were just the smallest obstacles in today's filming process.

At this moment, a metallic friction sound suddenly came from the opening of the torpedo tube.

"Crack~"

The sounds heard underwater were dulled, as if in a dream, with a sense of unreality.

Lin Yuan knew that the torpedo tube was about to open.

He ignored his discomfort and steeled himself to face this challenge.

Once the external hatch of the torpedo tube is opened, the high-speed water flow will hit him hard, and the feeling is definitely quite painful.

"Crench!"

The hatch of the torpedo tube opened quickly, and a large amount of seawater rushed into the torpedo tube.

Lin Yuan felt as if his face was hit hard by a fist wrapped in a thick quilt.

His facial muscles were shaking violently, which showed how great the impact was.

What made Lin Yuan feel even more painful was that he was not just hit by one punch, but a series of punches came one after another, hitting his face continuously.

At this time, the Virginia was traveling at a speed of 32 knots, which is equivalent to about 50 kilometers per hour.

On land, when a motorcycle is running at 50 kilometers per hour, you can feel the strong wind blowing in your face, pulling your hair back.

If you open your mouth wide, air will rush into your mouth. If you do this for a while, there is a high probability that you will start burping.

Underwater, the strong wind turned into a torrent, but the power of the water was obviously much greater than that of the air, making Lin Yuan quite embarrassed.

Passively taking a beating was definitely not Lin Yuan's style, so he placed his arms directly in front of his head.

His arms and palms formed a sharp triangle. The rapidly approaching water hit his fingertips and was separated, then slid down his arms to both sides.

This drastically reduced the pressure on Lin Yuan's face.

During previous escape capsule adaptation training, the hatch openings were located on both sides of the submarine, so they did not have to withstand the impact of water flow.

Today, Lin Yuan is at the front of the Virginia. At this moment, he is the fish mouth of Dujiangyan. It can be said that he has experienced the feeling of being a human water separator.

Lin Yuan struggled against the water pressure and moved to the hatch little by little. He leaned his upper body out of the boat, then quickly twisted his body, clung tightly to the hull of the Virginia submarine, and crawled towards the No. 1 torpedo launch port not far away.

"I started out by stealing cars, then stole planes and made a splash in the film industry. Now it's my turn to steal nuclear submarines and torpedoes."

"I don't know what I should be called."

(End of this chapter)